Rapports

by Sean Gabb Director of the Sudan Foundation Introduction At just under a million square miles, Sudan is the largest country in Africa, and among the largest in the world. It is bounded by nine other African and Arab countries, and…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - UNICEF is to assist some 40,000 poor Burundian school children by providing them with school materials, Michel Sidibe, the UNICEF representative in Burundi, has said. "We have managed to get the means to achieve this. UNICEF-Burundi's budget…

(9/19 document sent as required by law) (930) WASHINGTON -- President Clinton has issued a report on Angola to the U.S. Congress, pursuant to U.S. law, the White House Office of the Press Secretary announced September 19. Following is the text…

MOGADISHU, Sept 18 (Reuter) - An American aid worker kidnapped by Somali gunmen in north Mogadishu left for Kenya on Wednesday after his captors said his abduction was a result of mistaken identity. Daniel Suther, who was working for the U.S.…

I am pleased to send you our latest analysis on developments in Burundi. We have been encouraged to receive a number of positive reactions to previous analyses. We welcome further comments and feedback. Yours faithfully, Bill Yates International Alert Burundi team. BURUNDI - ACCOUNT…

MOGADISHU, Sept 17 (Reuter) - Gunmen kidnapped an American working for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the northern part of Somalia's capital on Tuesday, witnesses said. They said the American, who was not identified, and his Somali driver…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0354 SITUATION KHARTOUM AREA 1. KHARTOUM URBAN AREAS CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SERIOUS FLOODING, RESULTING IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOUSING AND LARGE AREAS OF STANDING WATER, PARTICULARLY IN SQUATTER AREAS AND CAMPS FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) AROUND CITY. ON…

By CHRIS TOMLINSON GITEGA, Burundi (AP) -- A special Vatican envoy presided over a memorial service for a slain bishop Tuesday and urged Burundians to stop the massacres that have claimed at least 150,000 lives since 1993. ''To you politicians, members…

168 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS RETURN HOME...More than 160 unaccompanied children living in a camp in New Cush were reunited with their families last week in the first reunification from areas controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). The boys,…

Bujumbura remained calm following the assassination of the archbishop and President Buyoya's moves to restore political institutions. However, fighting continued in the hills outside the city and in northern Burundi. Diminished fuel stocks and limited supplies of other essential resources…